How to be or become a follower of Jesus Christ in the world and in your situation |
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We cannot and must not doubt that Our Lord Jesus Christ has actually risen, as the Synoptic Gospels recount, otherwise everything would be useless and our faith, our hope, and therefore also our charity would be in vain.
Jesus Christ has always clearly shown that He does not like skepticism or hypocrisy, but is always ready to forgive and welcome everyone after every possible fall. We are human beings indeed, fallacious and sinners subject to temptation, but if we honestly seek and strive to follow Him and remain faithful, Faith is the essential gift we receive in return. The disciples of that time had been with Jesus, they had seen what He was capable of, yet despite having seen and having been direct witnesses of the events that happened, they still did not believe. By rebuking them harshly for their unbelief, Jesus makes Himself known to them and commands that they make Him known throughout the world. There are those who do apostolate like the author of this page, because by now he is old, or maybe one has external conditioning or doesn't have many opportunities to socialize; there are those who do it by announcing it in various ways to friends and others through the so-called 'social media'; but the best way for everyone is to do it by demonstrating that they are Christians through honesty and industriousness, love for the family, and also in relationships with our neighbors, for example even workmates in one's ordinary life, or with people with whom we have relationships or contacts. end of comment HISTORICAL NOTE I BELIEVE. (CREDO) The formula summarizes all the truths of our Faith, what a Christian MUST believe in. It is the Nicene-Constantinopolitan symbol (Symbolum Nicaenum Constantinopolitanum). It was originally composed of the formulation approved at the first council of Nicaea (325 AD) (to which extensions were added, also relating to the Holy Spirit, in the first council of Constantinople), it is a formula of faith relating to the uniqueness of God, to the nature of Jesus and, implicitly, even without using the term, to the trinity of divine persons. The term "symbol" derives from the Greek σύμβολον, which initially had the meaning of "identification card" or mark: two people broke a terracotta plate or a piece of wood in two and each held a part of it, so that, in a later time, the perfect matching of the two parts proved the identity of the persons. The symbol of faith is therefore the card or sign of recognition among the Christian faithfuls. In the Church of the first centuries there was a rite called Traditio Symboli (i.e. Delivery of the Symbol, or Creed) with which the Church, metaphorically, "put together" (this is the meaning of the Greek word symbolon) and "delivered" to the catechumens a sort of synthesis of truths to believe in. Here's All that the Christian catholic must believe in order to say and be such. I believe in one God, the almighty Father I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, For us men and for our salvation I believe in the Holy Spirit, I believe the Church, I profess only one Baptism Amen.
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 16,9-15. When Jesus had risen, early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons.
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